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me, Lord. I do not want to hold anything back. You have this need. I was
created for this. Here is a man, Brother Nee, at that time, in prison, who lived
for this. Brother Nee lives for this. This is why I exist as a man – to express
You and to carry out this work.” It is the meaning of my life, of my Christian
life, of my church life, and I can only worship God in His government for
every action he has been taking in response to that prayer. This does not make
me anybody. I am not special, I am not super, I am not superior, I am just a
brother, a member of the Body of Christ. This is the need in God.
THE APOSTLE PAUL CONSIDERING THE MANY INDIVIDUAL
BELIEVERS IN CHRIST COLLECTIVELY THE ISRAEL OF GOD
The Apostle Paul considers the many individual believers in Christ
collectively the Israel of God. This is Paul’s view. Now we know what the
real Israel of God is – it is all the believers collectively.
The Israel of God Being the Real Israel Including All the Gentile and
Jewish Believers in Christ, Who Are the True Sons of Abraham, Who Are
the Household of the Faith, and Who Are Those in the New Creation

The Israel of God is the real Israel including all the Gentile and Jewish
believers in Christ, who are the true sons of Abraham, who are the household
of the faith, and who are those in the new creation. So we are sons of Abraham,
sons of God. We are in the faith family. We all have the same last name. I am
Ron Faith. Message seven was given by Brother Mark Faith. We are a new
creation in Christ and all of this so that we may be the Israel of God doing
this work.

The Real Israel, the Spiritual Israel, Being the Church
This is a short, but crucial point: the real Israel, the spiritual Israel, is
the church. Brothers, you are hearing this, you can check from Galatians 6
and the Life-study of Galatians, that I am speaking correctly, but just please
realize – and this is normal, this is not wrong – right now it is an idea; it is
a truth that you are learning and are starting to grasp and understand. But
please do not stop here; pray over this, “Lord show me a vision of the Israel
of God. Make this a vision to me, Lord.”